Woman's Record: Or, Sketches of All Distinguished Women, from "the Beginning" Till A.D. 1850. Arranged in Four Eras. With Selections from Female Writers of Every Age |
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He is naturally selfish in his affections ; and selfishness is the sin of depravity . But woman was not thus cast down . To her was confided , by the Creator's express declaration , the mission of disinterested affection ; her " desire ...
He is naturally selfish in his affections ; and selfishness is the sin of depravity . But woman was not thus cast down . To her was confided , by the Creator's express declaration , the mission of disinterested affection ; her " desire ...
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She was not made to gratify his sensual desires , but to refine his human affections , and elevate his moral feelings . Endowed with superior beauty of person , and a corresponding delicacy of mind , her soul was to " help " him where ...
She was not made to gratify his sensual desires , but to refine his human affections , and elevate his moral feelings . Endowed with superior beauty of person , and a corresponding delicacy of mind , her soul was to " help " him where ...
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Might then took the place of right ; and for nearly eighteen centuries the spiritual affections of woman were completely overshadowed by the sensual passions of man . Excepting our first mother , no feminine mind has left its impress on ...
Might then took the place of right ; and for nearly eighteen centuries the spiritual affections of woman were completely overshadowed by the sensual passions of man . Excepting our first mother , no feminine mind has left its impress on ...
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... her keen sense of injuries inflicted , her consciousness of power acquired , there was one deep and redeeming affection ; this brilliant despot , the astute politician of her age , was still , above all and in alla mother !
... her keen sense of injuries inflicted , her consciousness of power acquired , there was one deep and redeeming affection ; this brilliant despot , the astute politician of her age , was still , above all and in alla mother !
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As her name implies , " tender - eyed , ” she was probably affectionate , but unprincipled and of a weak mind , or she would never ... a great claim on his favour , yet he never appeared to have felt for her either esteem or affection .
As her name implies , " tender - eyed , ” she was probably affectionate , but unprincipled and of a weak mind , or she would never ... a great claim on his favour , yet he never appeared to have felt for her either esteem or affection .
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Página 128 - And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Página 349 - And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er. When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Página 349 - Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land? There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth; There was manhood's brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth.
Página 9 - For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
Página 126 - Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Página 38 - God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar ? fear not ; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand ; for I will make him a great nation. And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water ; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
Página 160 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Página 428 - The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their...
Página 127 - He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. He hath filled the hungry with good things ; and the rich He hath sent empty away. He hath holpen His servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy ; as He spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
Página 6 - And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
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| Título | Woman's Record: Or, Sketches of All Distinguished Women, from "the Beginning" Till A.D. 1850. Arranged in Four Eras. With Selections from Female Writers of Every Age |
| Autor | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale |
| Editor | Harper & brothers, 1853 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 9 Jul. 2007 |
| Largo | 886 páginas |
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